CHINA - International Rivers Finds Substantial Improvements in Population Resettlement Policies as China Moves Another 330,000 People - but Key Concerns Continue - Forced resettlement Can Involve Important Human Rights Issues...see Country Reports
ENORMOUS FINES IMPOSED ON US PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY. US Government continues to ratchet-up enforcement against corporate abuse - $600 million in fines being paid by Allergan Inc. over misuse of Botox® Therapeutic....see Investigations & Prosecutions
Corruption in Afghanistan -- the story unfolds....
In November 2009, President Obama took the unprecedented step of challenging a foreign "friendly" government at a time of war over fraud and corruption. Ethicsworld has repeatedly drawn attention to reports of corruption in the Government of Afghanistan, which calls into question the wisdom of policies by major Western governments to use military and development aid to foreign "friendly" governments that may pocket the funds, rather than use them for the benefit of their peoples. Generalizations in this area are risky. Facts are essential. Remarkable reporting in recent days, notably by Dexter Filkins in The New York Times and Matthew Rosenberg in The Wall Street Journal, which can be found online, and which have spawned many reports online by other reporters, raise profound questions of transparency, accountability, integrity and government-to-government relationships in the face of threats to global security. We recommend these articles to you.
Looking at mineral wealth, corruption and Afghanistan and other countries see a recent interview featuring Revenue Watch Institute Deputy Director Antoine Heuty in an interesting CNN interview.
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH decries rampant Nigerian police corruption, releases report with recommendations that call for far-reaching reforms...see Country Reports
WHISTLEBLOWING AND RETALIATION Fear of retaliation for speaking up about ethical violations in the workplace not only affects whether workers are willing to report wrongdoing to management, it drives the level of misconduct itself, according to a new study by the Ethics Resource Center...see Workplace Ethics
Global Civil Society Coalition Calls on UNESCO to Definitively Cancel $3 million Obiang Prize...Corruption Investigations
New US Law Calls for Oil, Gas, Mining Companies to Release Independently Audited Regular Reports to the Securities & Exchange Commission on Payments to Foreign Governments - Major Victory for the Publish What You Pay Campaign...see CSR Standards
Additional reports on Ethicsworld and recent stories -
Genocide in Sudan - Decision by the International Criminal Court
World Peace Index 2010...see International Surveys
From the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute: Total global military expenditure in 2009 is estimated to have been $1,531 billion. This represents an increase of 6% in real terms compared to 2008, and of 49% since 2000. Military expenditure comprised approximately 2.7% of global gross domestic product (GDP) in 2009. All regions and subregions saw an increase in 2009, except the Middle East.
VISION 2050 from the World Business Council for Sustainable Development ..see Views & Analysis
TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL Publishes an insightful and dynamic 2009 ANNUAL REPORT
